[TrumpCard]

You need to offer a slew of QB’s. Or take jucos. Or take transfers. You need to get over the defensive philosophy of, “what if X gets pissed that we offered somebody else.”

Or just give up.

We offered 6. Many were in play at the same time.

Probably more than one of these options, given the way QB recruiting now works.  At one point, I thought that having a QB in the c/o 2019 would have solved most of Shaw's problems, but that's really not the case.  These days, an elite QB will be gone in 3 and a backup QB without great prospects of starting will leave ASAP.  That means you only get 4 years from QBs who are good but not great and QBs who are so middling that they won't realistically be able to start elsewhere.  And does anyone play five years these days?  Seems rare at Stanford though admittedly Stanford QBs are a small sample size.  Even if Stanford had taken a 2019 QB, what are the chances that guy would still be in Stanford's QB room in 2023?  Low, IMHO.  These days, teams need to take more than 1 QB per year and/or have an ability to take a QB through JUCO/transfer at will (not just once in a while when the opportunity arises) in order to always ensure 3 QBs on the roster.  Given that Stanford will never be able to count on incoming transfers/JUCOs at QB in a year when unfortunate circumstances align, Stanford can't just offer a few QBs at the same time with the idea of taking one.  Stanford needs to plan for something more like 3 QBs every 2 years.  Bama took two this year and Lonergan still decided to commit there.  Maybe Shaw can shoot for the moon one year and aim for two well-regarded but not spectacular recruits the next so he at least still has a chance of occasionally getting an elite QB.  Though admittedly that prospect seems questionable if the conference realignment doesn't work out Stanford's way.

[TrumpCard]

You need to offer a slew of QB’s. Or take jucos. Or take transfers. You need to get over the defensive philosophy of, “what if X gets pissed that we offered somebody else.”

Or just give up.

We offered 6. Many were in play at the same time.

Probably more than one of these options, given the way QB recruiting now works.  At one point, I thought that having a QB in the c/o 2019 would have solved most of Shaw's problems, but that's really not the case.  These days, an elite QB will be gone in 3 and a backup QB without great prospects of starting will leave ASAP.  That means you only get 4 years from QBs who are good but not great and QBs who are so middling that they won't realistically be able to start elsewhere.  And does anyone play five years these days?  Seems rare at Stanford though admittedly Stanford QBs are a small sample size.  Even if Stanford had taken a 2019 QB, what are the chances that guy would still be in Stanford's QB room in 2023?  Low, IMHO.  These days, teams need to take more than 1 QB per year and/or have an ability to take a QB through JUCO/transfer at will (not just once in a while when the opportunity arises) in order to always ensure 3 QBs on the roster.  Given that Stanford will never be able to count on incoming transfers/JUCOs at QB in a year when unfortunate circumstances align, Stanford can't just offer a few QBs at the same time with the idea of taking one.  Stanford needs to plan for something more like 3 QBs every 2 years.  Bama took two this year and Lonergan still decided to commit there.  Maybe Shaw can shoot for the moon one year and aim for two well-regarded but not spectacular recruits the next so he at least still has a chance of occasionally getting an elite QB.  Though admittedly that prospect seems questionable if the conference realignment doesn't work out Stanford's way.